News/Canada/British Columbia (Page 92)

British Columbia 140 workers, represented by the Private and Public Workers of Canada Local 8, have been striking since Sept. 28. Main issue in the strike was the company’s demand to ramp up operations to 24 hours a day year-roundCBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2024 2:43 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

British Columbia The government will launch a service to remove intimate images from the internet and “pursue predators,” as well as introduce legislation to hold social media companies accountable for harms they have caused.  Two new services will start next week to help prevent the distribution of people’s explicit imagesContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed the province’s retiring chief coroner’s swansong pleas for non-prescription safe supply of drugs, calling it a “fundamental issue” of disagreement on how to curb the toxic drug crisis. Last year saw a record 2,511 toxic drug deaths in B.C.The Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. Centre for Disease Control is reporting another influenza-related death of a child under 10. B.C. Centre for Disease Control warns influenza activity remains at ‘elevated levels’ in provinceThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 26, 2024 12:22 AM EST | Last Updated: January 26 B.C. health-care authorities areContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C.’s attorney general is appealing a court decision that put the brakes on the province’s plans to crack down on drug use in public spaces. Province appeals temporary injunction pausing enforcement of law against public drug use Jason Proctor · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2024 4:20 PMContinue Reading

British Columbia An RCMP conduct board has ordered the immediate firing of a B.C. Mountie who took sexual advantage of a suicidal woman who’d just been released from hospital after being held under the Mental Health Act. Const. Connor McDonald is appealing the decision from an RCMP conduct board BethanyContinue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. Coroners Service says there were 2,511 suspected illicit drug deaths in 2023, the highest annual death toll ever recorded. Toxic drug deaths in B.C. last year climbed to almost 7 per dayCBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2024 7:30 PM EST | Last Updated: January 25 B.C. chief coroner LisaContinue Reading

British Columbia Three people are dead and four others were rushed to hospital in critical condition after a helicopter crash north of Terrace, B.C., on Monday afternoon. Injured patients taken to Mills Memorial Hospital after crash involving Northern Escape Heli-Skiing flightCBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2024 8:51 PM ESTContinue Reading

Strike action halts Vancouver buses for 48 hoursVancouver’s bus system has been shut down by a 48-hour strike. The city’s SkyTrain was still running, but commuters faced major headaches getting around the city. UPDATE — Jan. 23, 2024: Metro Vancouver transit strike enters second day Buses are halted as part ofContinue Reading